Bill-hook.



Nirnn STATES PATENT Ormes.

VILLIAM HORNICH, JR., NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO THE VVHITEHEAD da HOAG COMPANY, OE NEW JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters atent No. 653,296, dated July 10, 1900.

Application lcd January 28, 1899. Serial No. 703,655. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom. it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM HORNICH, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as -will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bill-hooks in which the hook proper is adjustably connected with a card or placard, which may be provided with an advertisement, calendar, or a picture, said card or placard having a locking or holdingr means with which'a portion of the hook can be brought in engagement to hold the hook end directly in front of the card or thereon of bills,gmemoranda, or other papers.

The principal object of this'inventionis to provide a novel construction of bill-hook which shall be of a simple construction, combining a card which may bear a picture, advertisement, doc., and the hook proper being slidably and rotatably connected with the card, so that the hook maybe closed ready for mailing or packing, and, furthermore, to provide,'in connection with the said card or placard and bill hook a holding or locking means with which a portion of the hook can be brought in holding engagement and cause the receiving-hook to extend from the front of the card for the placing thereon of the bills, memoranda, doc.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction of bill-hook hereinafter set forth and also in the novel arrangements and combinations of the parts thereof, all of which will be described in detail in the following specification and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is'clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side View of my novel construction of bill-hook embodying the principles of this-invention, and Fig. 2 is a back View of thesame, both views illustrating the hook placard for the placing rproper in its holding or locked engagement with a lookin g means on the back of the card orplacard. Fig. 3v is asimilar view of the billhook, showing the hook proper disengaged from the holding means and folded, whereby the device is ready for mailing or packing. Fig. 4. is a horizontal section taken on linexin Fig.2. Fig. 5 is a back View of a bill-hook of a slightlymodified form of construction, but still embodying the principles of my invention; and Fig. 6 is a similar view of still anotherfmodi- Fig. 6, but representing the hook proper in its locked or holding engagement with a locking means on the back of the card.

all of the above-described views to corresponding parts. I

The hook proper illustrated in the said drawings is made from a single piece of wire, comprising the straight body portion a, which is bent, as at af, to form a short hook a2 at the top of the wire, substantially as represented in the several figures of the drawings. The lower part ofthe body portion a is bent outwardly, as at a3, at a right angle, or approximately so, to the said main body a and has an upwardly extending part a4, which is indicate reception of bills,memorauda,or other papers.

suspending it from a nail. Secured to the lower part and on the back of said card h by means of a pair of eyelets d or in any other suitable manner is a plate c, which is prefercon figuration in outline. The said plate c, as

will be seen from Figs. l to 4c, inclusive, is formed with a groove or channel on that side next the back of the card, said groove or channel extending across the entire width of the plate c and with a second channel or groove fled form of construction of bill-hook. Fig. 7' is a horizontal section taken on line/y in said Similar letters of reference are employed in pointed at a5 to form a receiving-hook for theA As will be noticed from the several figures of vided with an eyelet h at or near the top for ably made of tin and maybe of any desirable c2, which is preferably shorter than the groove or channel c, said channels or grooves being arranged side by side and parallel with each other, substantially as shown. Slidably arranged in said channel or groove c and capable of a partial rotative movement therein is the body portion cof the bill-hook, whereby the parts can be arranged, as indicated in Fig. 3, with the hook portion a4 folded against the front of the card or placard Z9 when the device is not in use and whereby it is ready for mailing or packing, as Will be clearly understood.

Vhcn it is desired to use the bill-hook, the body ct is partly rotated in the channel or groove c', so that the parts c3 and a4 will extend at a right angle, or approximately so, from the face of the card h, as represented in Fig. 1, and that the smaller hook d2 at the top of the Wire Will stand approximately parallel with the back surface of the said card b. In order to lock the bill-hook in its operative position to receive the bills, cards, or other papers, the body a is pulled down in the groove or channel c until the hook a2 enters the groove or channel c2 in the plate o, whereby the bill-hook will be prevented from turning, and a positive lock is the result. The device can then he suspended from a nail for the reception of bills, dac., and has the advantage that any advertisement thereon is brought into prominence.

' In Fig. 5 I have illustrated the plate c provided with a pair of centrallyarranged and parallel holding portions c3 and c4, both of which are formed integral with the said plate by being forced out thereon by means of a suitable die. In one of said curved portions, as c3, I have slidably arranged the body a of the bill-hook, while the hook a2 at the top of said body a of the bill-hook can be brought in holding or locked engagement with the portion c4, as will be clearly evident from an inspection of said figure.

Of course the construction of bill-file represented in Figs. I to 4, inclusive, is the preferred form of construction, since by the arrangement of the grooves or channels c and c2 the hook can be bent into shape before being arranged in the groove c', the several parts being readily assembled andthe plate c then secured to the back of the card b by means of the eyelets d, whereas in the construction represented in said Fig. 5 the hook 0.2 on the wire body a is formed after said Wire has been passed through the holding portion c3, which renders this construction more complicated and adds to the expense of the manufacture.

In lieu of either of the above-described constructions the plate c may have a portion c5 struck up therein, said portion being provided with a hole or perforation c6, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. In this "construction I provide the body a of the Wire hook at its top with a slight projection a,

formed as shown in Fig. 6, which when the hook-body is drawn down and is turnedin the manner hereinabove stated is readily forced into the hole c6 in the spring portion c5, formed in said plate o, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 7.

I am fully aware that the locking means, as well as the forms of the hook proper, may be variously changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. IIenceI do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as herein described and as illustrated in drawings, nor do I limit myself to the exact details of the construction thereof.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim isl. As a neuT article of manufacture, a billhook, comprising a card or placard, a plate secured thereto, said plate having a grooved or channeled portion, extending in a direction away from said card or placard, a wire body portion arranged in said grooved or channeled portion and movable vertically and rotatable between said card or placard and the inner part of said grooved or channeled portion, a receiving-hook at the lower portion of said wire, adapted to be turned so as to lie flat in relation to said card or placard and the plate, and a holding means at the opposite end of said wire adapted to be forced in holding engagement with a part of the said plate, when the receiving-hook on said wire has been turned in a plane at right angles to the plane of the card or placard and that of the plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. p

2. As a new article of manufacture, a billhook, comprising a card or placard, a plate secured thereto, said plate having a pair of parallel and vertically-arranged grooved or channeled portions, extending in a direction away from said card or placard, a wire body portion arranged in one of said grooved or channeled portions and movable vertically and rotatable between said card or placard and the inner part of said grooved or channeled portion, a receiving-hook on the lower portion of said wire adapted to be turned so as to lie flat in relation to said card or placard and the plate, and a locking or holding hook at the opposite end of said wire adapted to be forced in holding engagement with the other grooved or channeled portion in said plate, when the receiving-hook on said Wire has been turned in a plane at right angles to the plane of the card or placard and that of the plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of January, 1899.

IVILLIAM IIORNICl-I, JR. lVitnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, WALTER H. TALMAGE.

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